bmc4041: I just replied to your PM.
Well, the last time LINE-X Corp. raised their prices was January 2006.
I'll tell you this, the only full LINE-X bedliner replacement under warranty that I worked on was from a LINE-X dealer in Houston. The customer was from Houston but was a student at TCU. He brought his truck to my shop. Very thin, they had patched spots with silicone (which is NOT correct). They applied a second coating on the tailgate and the second coating was peeling off the first coating because they did not use a primer (which is NOT correct). So, as for my experience with the Houston guys, I'd say their problem was that they were incompetent which surely will lead to failure. Now, why were they incompentent and what happen their training? Well, I don't know but I betcha there's more to the story.
The big boys are LINE-X and Rhino. If you decide on another brand, OK, as long as you realize the limitations and risks.
I took these pics last weekend. This Viper shop is (was) about 1.5 miles from my shop. He lasted about a year. DumbDumb left his chemical barrels outside instead of properly disposing of them:
